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Книга, которую вы держите в руках, посвящена одной из величайших личностей в истории ХХ века. Еще при жизни имя Уинстона Черчилля стало легендой, превратившись в источник ...
«Записки у изголовья» — шедевр классической японской литературы, созданной около тысячи лет тому назад и до сих пор не утратившей своего значения. Это собрание дневниковых...
Международный бестселлер от мастера испанского исторического романа. В этот раз внимание Антонио Гарридо, славящегося глубиной и тщательностью проработки материала, обрати...
Horrible Histories are guaranteed to bring you history with the nasty bits left in!
So, if you want to hear the terrible tale of an awful axeman and brush up your knowled...
The Horrible History of Ireland tells you about centuries of dreadful deeds, from cruel Celtic chieftains and suffering saints to the troubled 20th century. Want to know: ...
This work presents terrible tales about horrible heroes, savage Spartan soldiers, foolish philosophers and suffering slaves. Terry Deary and Martin Brown's brilliant books...
So, if you want to know how some Victorians made a profit from dead bodies, or learn about the tricks the poor kids used to play on the ‘posh people’, and if you’ve ever w...
Sail back to a vicious time with fearsome seafaring Viking warriors with big boats, big shields and enormous ginger beards. Readers can discover all the foul facts about t...
Go back into the really rotten times of the Romans, where there were beastly battles, deadly doctors and marvellous myths. Discover what Roman soldiers wore under their ki...
Travel back into the measly Middle Ages, where the world was full of wild women, mad monks, naughty knights and crazy kings and qeens! Discover a genuine jester's joke, wh...
***WINNER OF THE 1992 PULIZTER PRIZE***
Acclaimed as a quiet triumph and a brutally moving work of art, the first volume of Art Spiegelman's Mausintroduced readers to V...
A story of a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe and his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father's story and history itself.
<p>Известнейшая повесть шотландского писателя и поэта Роберта Луиса Стивенсона о необъяснимых происшествиях, напрямую связанных с двумя совершенно разными представителями ...
<p>In a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane, an extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, competes with Abraham Van Brunt, for the hand of 18-ye...
Чему учат в дурацких университетах? Тому, что нет людей смешных, глупых или злых. И - очень зря. Чему учит проклятая жизнь? Тому, что города горят, а люди - не важно, глуп...
В поисках лучшей доли Джен Эйр, сирота, страдающая от притеснений родственников и школьных наставников, становится гувернанткой и начинает новую счастливую жизнь в Торнфил...
"Puck of Pook's Hill" is Kipling's magical evocation of England's history, a joyous celebration of all that is best in a country and its peoples.
Enchanted by the theatr...
The Reverend Samuel Parris, Minister of Salem, follows three strangers in the forest beyond the village — a forest which is traditionally believed to be the source of much...
Britain. The height of the Roman occupation. The Doctor has brought Leela to ancient Norfolk to learn about her ancestors...but has not idea how much education she is goin...